Shear sheltering and the continuous spectrum of the Orr–Sommerfeld equation

DOI10.1063/1.869716zbMath1185.76578MaRDI QIDQ5755892

Paul A. Durbin, Robert G. Jacobs

Publication date: 15 August 2007

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.869716

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D10: Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects

76E05: Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability

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